Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj Gen Yusha’u Abubakar has declared the readiness of the military to capture the Sambisa forest fortress of Boko Haram insurgents before the end of the December Presidential deadline.
Speaking to journalists after a routine visit to troops in Betta village, near Sambisa forest, Abubakar said that the military has achieved tremendous success in its counter-insurgency operations.
His words ;
“We have achieved a lot and we are still doing much, but you know that the job is still there until we finish...
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
“How can you regret a decision taken when everyone was there, the NWC, NEC and the national caucus?
“What are we talking about? Everybody was conscious of the decision; nobody was coerced into supporting the position.”
These were the words of PDP National Publicity Secretary Chief Olisa Metuh when pressmen asked if the party regretted fielding Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 Presidential election as claimed by the party's National Conference Committee Chairman, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
He said that Jonathan's candidacy was approved by the party's...
People's Democratic Party, PDP's National Publicity Secretary Chief Olisa Metuh has said that the apology to Nigerians credited to the Chairman of the party's National Conference Committee, Chief Raymond Dokpesi is not the official position of the PDP.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Metuh described Dokpesi's statement as his personal opinion since he is not a member of the National Executive Committee of the party.
He added that since Dokpesi is not on the national executive committee of the PDP, his opinions remain personal and do...
The long wait for President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute his cabinet came to an end on Wednesday.
Here's what Buhari came up with after five months of searching for square pegs for square holes.
1. Chris Ngige – (Anambra) Minister of Labour & Employment
2. Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti) Minister of Solid Minerals
3. Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers) Minister of Transportation
4. Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos) Minister of Power, Works and Housing
5. Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano) Minister of Interior
6. Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba) Minister of Women Affairs...
The following 11 commandments are to be strictly adhered to by President Buhari's newly sworn in ministers if they are to remain in the change cabinet.
1.Foreign travels must be duty-related.
2. Ministers must operate within lean resources.
3. Ministers must not display flamboyance.
4. There must be strict adherence to the rule of law
5. Ministers must comply with Civil Service Rules.
6. You must live above board.
7. Ministers must co-operate with Permanent Secretaries.
8. There must be no rancour between ministers and ministers of State....
Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari has appealed to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to fulfill its promises of paying N5000 monthly stipends to 25 million vulnerable Nigerians and providing one meal a day to school children.
Mrs Buhari made the appeal on Tuesday in a statement issued by her Media Assistant, Adebisi Ajayi.
She assured Nigerians that the change they longed for had come to stay, even as she pleaded for Nigerians to be patient with her husband's administration.
The statement partly read;
“The wife of the President,...
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, has said that the recent sack of Ibrahim Lamorde as Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC will not affect his planned probe by the upper chamber of the National Assembly.
The Punch reports the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Samuel Anyanwu as saying that Lamorde has not escaped probe by the Senate despite his sack on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Yes, we are still going ahead with the investigation of allegations of illegal diversion of funds levelled...
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